|
|
11 Day Three City Aristocrat
|
|
 Venice (2 nights) Florence (4) Rome (3)
Here's a chance to splurge just a little. While all of our tours feature First Class hotels, our "Aristocrat" hotels are a degree higher in quality. Also, this tour includes most dinners out at fine restaurants. Feeling aristocratic? This is the tour for you!
Highlights
Gala Dinner Dance at the Casina di Macchia Madama (April-Oct only) Worry-Free & Fully Escorted First Class Hotels American Breakfast & Dinner Daily with Wines All Gratuities (hotel & restaurant) & Transfers Included
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Perillo Tours is happy to arrange low cost flights priced as shown in Dates & Rates Airport transfers, provided you arrive and depart on scheduled tour dates and times Great Hotels. Centrally-located, First-Class & Deluxe hotels, exclusively. Buffet Breakfast Daily. A very hearty start to each day! Through October 2009 Dinner nightly. Serving pasta, choice of 2 entrees, vegetable, salad, dessert, coffee. Antipasto also served on "Dinner Out" nights NEW for November 2009 through April 2010 Departures - 7 Dinners. Including pasta or soup, choice of entrees, vegetable, salad, dessert, coffee, wine, mineral water, beer or soft drink. Baggage Handling. Never touch your bag! (except at airports) Hotel Taxes, Hotel Service Charges and All Tips for hotel and restaurant personnel NEW for November 2009 through April 2010 Departures - Smaller Groups. 20 to 40 guests per tour More legroom. Deluxe, state-of-the-art motorcoaches with EXTRA legroom. NEW for November 2009 through April 2010 Departures - Gondola Ride Included! For years an "optional," now included at no extra charge. NEW for November 2009 through April 2010 Departures - Wine Tasting. Vineyard tour and wine tasting. NEW for November 2009 through April 2010 Departures - Uffizi Gallery Included. Visit the most famous museum in Florence Wireless Headsets to hear your guide clearly and distinctly in public places NEW for November 2009 through April 2010 Departures - 1 Tote Bag Per Person, baggage tags and travel documents included. Gala Evening at the lavish Casina di Macchia Madama with cocktails, dinner and dancing (Not included on departures between Nov 2009 and Apr 2010, the Gala will be replaced by dinner out at a local restaurant) Professional Tour Directors and licensed local guides
Begin your tour in Venice. This will be your home base for your first two nights. Sightsee Venice with its awesome Grand Canal and St. Mark's Square. We're off to Padua to visit the Basilica where the remains of St. Anthony are interred. Then spend four nights in Florence, and take a sightseeing tour of the city. On your fun-filled excursions to Pisa, see the home of the incredible Leaning Tower. Back in Florence; delight in our exclusive enchanted dinner. Off to Siena, the famous medieval city.Our final stop is Rome, the Eternal City, where you will visit some fabulous places like the Vatican and the grandiose Colosseum. Your last day in Rome is a day of leisure.
Depart Rome for the USA after eleven stupendous days in the lovely land of Italy!
Off-Season Departures
Venice will be your home base for your first two nights in Italia. You'll sightsee Venice's awesome Grand Canal and St. Marks' Square. Enjoy your very own gondola ride which is included!
Leaving Venice we make a short stop at Padua to visit the Basilica. Four nights in Florence is a living dream. We sightsee all that Florence has to offer including the majestic Duomo built in 1296! One of the highlights will be an extensive tour of the Uffizi gallery. During our stay in Florence we travel a short distance to visit Pisa. We also visit Siena, considered the best preserved medieval city in Italy. We'll have plenty of time to relax, shop or explore on our own.
Three memorable nights in Rome. We'll be personally escorted to all the sights; St. Peter's Basilica, Imperial Rome & the Colosseum, the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel and so much more.
While all of our tours feature fine First Class hotels, our "Aristocrat" Hotels are a degree higher in quality. Also, this tour includes most dinners out at fine restaurants. Feeling Aristocratic? This is the tour for you!
|
| Call (800) 468-2359 for more information or to book today! Mention code 2755794 | | Perillo Tours | | | | Day | Destination | Description | | Day 1 | Depart USA | DEPART USA: Boarding your overnight flight, we're off for the adventure of a lifetime. | | Day 2 | Venice | ARRIVE VENICE - AFTERNOON FREE - DINNER OUT: Benvenuti a Venezia! We are pleased to offer complimentary motorboat transfers from the Venice airport to your hotel at scheduled times. Your Perillo representative will be at the airport to greet you.
A surprise before dinner! Our hotel Barman will reveal his secret recipe for the Venetian's favorite aperitif, "Spritz." Of course, "Cicchetti" (finger foods) will accompany our drink.
We'll enjoy our "get acquainted" dinner at a local restaurant with fine wines. | | Day 3 | Venice | VENICE - CITY SIGHTSEEING - AFTERNOON FREE - DINNER OUT: This morning we'll meet our expert local guide for a walking tour of St. Mark's Square, the great Byzantine Basilica, the Bridge of Sighs and inside the Doge's Palace.
November 2009 through April 2010 Departures
We're happy to include a free Gondola ride (weather permitting). You'll explore the romantic canals of Venice, serenaded by your gondolier!
This afternoon, we'll have a chance to "get lost" in the city's labyrinth of canals, bridges and tiny piazzas. Fear not. Being a small island, it's impossible to stray very far. But it won't hurt to master the phrase "Dov'e' piazza San Marco?"
Tonight, we'll enjoy dinner out at one of our favorite Venetian restaurants with fine local wines. | | Day 4 | Padua and Florence | VENICE - PADUA - FLORENCE - DINNER IN HOTEL: This morning it's back to the mainland where we'll meet our dependable driver for the ride to Florence. But on the way we'll make an memorable stop. Visitors to Padua are often surprised by a sense of deep spirituality. St. Anthony (patron saint of lost objects) is interred here in the serene Basilica which dates back to the 1200's.
Tonight we'll enjoy dinner at our hotel. A toast (brindisi) to Florence and our new traveling friends! | | Day 5 | Florence | FLORENCE SIGHTSEEING - DINNER OUT:Florence - the fountainhead of the Renaissance; city of Dante, Boccaccio, Botticelli and Da Vinci!
Enjoy a breathtaking panorama of the city atop Piazzale Michelangelo, followed by an extensive tour of the Uffizi gallery, one of the oldest and most important art museums in the world, including Botticelli's famed Primavera and The Birth of Venus (November 2009 through April 2010 departures only).
Tonight we'll enjoy dinner at one of our favorite Florentine restaurants with great local wines.
There will be plenty of time to shop this afternoon for leather, gold and lots more. But be ready for dinner at one of our favorite Florentine restaurants with great local wines. | | Day 6 | Pisa | FLORENCE - PISA - FREE AFTERNOON IN FLORENCE - DINNER OUT: The bell tower of Pisa is among the most instantly recognizable structures on earth. Architects say it would be world famous even if it were perfectly straight. This morning, we'll see for ourselves, along with the beautiful Cathedral and Baptistery.
This afternoon we'll enjoy free time in Florence for shopping, relaxation or some adventurous exploration.
Tonight we'll have dinner at one of the most well-known Florentine restaurants, complete with savory Tuscan wines.
November 2009 through April 2010 Departures:
Tonight we thought you'd enjoy a dinner on your own. Ask your tour guide for a recommendation, or simply relax and enjoy your hotel restaurant. | | Day 7 | Siena | FLORENCE - SIENA - FLORENCE - DINNER OUT: While the ambitious city of Florence was launching the Renaissance, Siena was her laid-back country cousin. Just 30 miles south of Florence, she is considered the best preserved medieval city in Italy.
Our guided tour will include the elaborately carved Gothic cathedral, Town Hall and Piazza del Campo - site of the famous Palio horse race. You'll have time for lunch on your own, shopping and a little more exploration.
November 2009 through April 2010 Departures
This afternoon we'll visit a typical Tuscan winery to learn about the grape, the "nose," food pairings and most importantly - which glass to use! Cin-Cin!
For our last night in Florence, we'll relive the day's events with our friends at a great local restaurant with fine wines. | | Day 8 | Rome | FLORENCE - ROME - SIGHTSEEING IMPERIAL ROME - DINNER IN HOTEL: This morning we enjoy our drive south to Rome through Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio - the "green heart" of Italy.
This afternoon we visit St. Peter's Basilica. We'll see Michelangelo's Pieta and Bernini's seven-story bronze canopy above the main altar.
Next we board our coach for a panoramic tour of "Imperial Rome", including "Castel Sant'Angelo", the Roman Forum, Largo Argentina, the Jewish Ghetto, and the Circus Maximus. Then we'll enter the Colosseum, reliving the brutal entertainment of the gladiators and the lions, refereed by the emperor himself.
Tonight we rejoin the 21st century with a satisfying dinner at our hotel. | | Day 9 | Rome | ROME - TOUR OF VATICAN CITY & THE SISTINE CHAPEL: This morning, with our expert local guide, we'll tour the Vatican Museums - a treasure trove of ancient Greek and Roman Sculptures, tapestries and Renaissance paintings. Our visit culminates in the Sistine Chapel, the room where the Pope is elected. We enter in total silence, not wanting to disturb Michelangelo's famed frescoes depicting stories from the Bible and the "End of Times." You'll be fascinated by which of Michelangelo's contemporaries he assigned to heaven, and which to hell.
Tonight get ready for our Gala Party at Casina di Macchia Madama - an extravagant dinner with flowing wines and dancing to our own orchestra. A memorable night with your new friends. Salute!
Not included on departures between November 2009 and Apr 2010, the Gala will be replaced by a dinner on your own in Rome. | | Day 10 | Rome | ROME - FULL DAY OF LEISURE - DINNER OUT: A free day in Rome! But don't sleep in too late - there's so much to do and see! Ask your tour guide for suggestions.
Why not start with an espresso in Piazza Navona, toss a coin in the Trevi Fountain to insure your return, and stroll across the Tiber for another look at the Vatican. Rome is a great city for walking, shopping and people watching.
Tonight is our last dinner together. No tears, you'll exchange e-mails with your new friends and make plans for the future. How about we all meet again on a Perillo Tour to Hawaii! | | Day 11 | Return USA | FLIGHT HOME: This morning we board our flight home, arriving in the USA the same day. While we say 'arrivederci' to Italy, we realize we're taking a little piece of it back home with us.
Thanks for traveling with the Perillo Family, and please return soon! |
| | *Land only rates include everything but airfare. Beginning November 2007, transfers are included if you arrive and depart on the scheduled tour dates and times. Triple rates are the same as double rates.
All prices are subject to increase due to any increase in our costs, such as, but not limited to: increases in air, land or sea fares, fuel cost, currency fluctuations, unless our web-site indicates that a particular Tour price is guaranteed by full payment before a specific date and all the conditions of that guarantee are met. Departure taxes are not protected under the price guarantee. Gratuities not specifically mentioned are excluded. The price does not include transportation between your home and the airline terminal or pier or personal items. Your return ticket is subject to strict limitations.
No refund will be made for any accommodations or services included in the tour that you do not use.
In case of printing typographical error, computer error, or human billing error, we reserve the right to invoice or re-invoice participants with corrected billing. |
|
|
|
|
